<p>Announcing President Donald Trump’s new $1.776 billion<b> </b>fund<b> </b>for people targeted through “lawfare”<b> </b>in the nation’s courts, acting<b> </b>Attorney<b> </b>General<b> </b>Todd<b> </b>Blanche<b> </b>said “the machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American.”</p><p>Three days later,<b> </b>a federal judge in Chicago revealed that an indictment against six Operation Midway Blitz protesters was the result of alleged misconduct by prosecutors — conduct she said had left her “incredibly shocked.”</p><p>The defendants, known as the “Broadview Six,” are largely involved in Democratic politics in Chicago. But now their lawyers say they might apply for relief under Trump’s new “anti-weaponization fund” after <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/05/21/broadview-ice-protest-grand-jury-transcript-kat-abughazaleh-trump" target="_blank" >the case was dismissed</a>.</p><p>“You want an example of weaponization?” Christopher<b> </b>Parente, one of their defense attorneys,<b> </b>told reporters after the charges were dropped on May 21. “You’ve got prosecutors going into the grand jury targeting political candidates and political figures improperly.